Archive for February, 2013

Ben Byram recently announced two new signings for the 2013 season. Both players are well known in the club. Chris Miller is a former Dragons captain, who returns to St.Georges after a season at Shifnal. Sean Parkes came up through the junior section and returns again after a season at Allscott. We welcome both players back and wish them good luck and form this season.

Jack Wilmot will take over the 3rd team captaincy from Liam Forrester in 2013. Jack has been a member at St.Georges for several years and takes on his first captaincy role this year. We are sure he will be a popular skipper and will get good support from all the players.

2013’s President’s Day will be in memory of Jim Heath who sadly passed away in August 2012. The proceeds will be going to causes nominated by Christine and the family. The day itself will consist of two Twenty-20 cricket matches – one to be played between Jim’s St Georges U15 side and opponents yet to be agreed, the other between a St Georges XI and hopefully a Wolverhampton Wanderers Supporters/Past Players XI. We hope to have a good number of guests to join us in this celebration together with members, Vice Presidents and supporters of St Georges Cricket Club and complement the cricket with a lunchtime meal and charity auction in our function room. Before and after guests would be able to enjoy the cricket over a drink on the terrace. In addition we will officially open our new practice nets and name them in Jim’s honour.

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Irrelevant Facts & Other Useless Info

Did you know that St.Georges Cricket Club hosted the world's first ever international cricket match? ... Yes all right, it wasn't us. The match was held at St.Georges Cricket Club, Manhattan, New York in 1844 and was contested between USA and Canada.
it's true!

In a 1970s match against Oswestry at Church Street, Oswestry
achieved the rare feat of two hat-tricks during the Dragons' innings. Our longest serving member, Stan Higgins , was the non-striker throughout. Stranger still ..... St.Georges won the match .. it's true!

Sir Garfield Sobers, one of the greatest legends in the history of the game, once signed as a St.Georges player. He was never selected though (we had a lot of left handers that year) .. it's true!

Although Sobers did it first, Avi Mathur, batting for St.Georges 3rd XI at Church Street once hit six sixes in an over...
it's true!

The scorebox at Lilleshall Cricket Club once stood at St.Georges, where the nets now are..
it's true!

Before St.Georges Cricket Club was formally constituted in 1922, the club was known as St.Georges Bible Class C.C. ....
it's true!

In the 1980s, when overseas players first began to appear in Shropshire cricket, St.Georges considered signing a promising young West Indian batsman. In the end, the club decided he lacked sufficient experience to fulfill the role. His name was B.C. Lara .. it's true!

St.Georges once fielded an Under 16 team which contained four pairs of brothers, including two pairs of twins ... it's true!

Paul Smart, club groundsman and long-suffering Wolves fan, once hit Shoahib Ahktar, then the fastest chucker bowler in the world, for six in a Birmingham League match.

(OK, that one's not true - he got Snork out for a duck)

Occasional 4th team player "Dogged" Dave Smith batted for 16 overs for nought not out on the last day of the 2012 season ... it's true!